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Kingussie Community Action Plan 2018

Our Com­munity … A Way For­ward Action Plan – Kin­gussie 2018

THEME I: Regen­er­a­tion of Kin­gussie High Street

AIMISSUES/OBSTACLES
Improve­ments to the High Street, to make the town more attract­ive for vis­it­ors and res­id­ents, which will lead to great­er and sus­tain­able footfallClosed shops on the High Street Deteri­or­a­tion in phys­ic­al upkeep of build­ings No stra­tegic plan for the High St Decreas­ing foot­fall. ARC & BGPP — both pro­jects aimed at bring­ing in more loc­als & visitors.
ACTIONCOM­MUNITY ORGS & CON­TACTSAGEN­CIES INVOLVED & CONTACTS
1. Shop win­dows – dis­play pic­tures, explore if this can be done without charge. Who to organise?KBF: Paul Brown/​Stephanie WrightCNPA: Pete Crane
2. New web­site to bring all under one roof, includ­ing busi­nesses for sale sec­tion (still to be decided if this is a good idea)KCDC: Ian MoffettCNPA: Liz Henderson/​Katie Crerar
3. Town Trail & Kin­gussie Paths leaf­lets. Hydro Scheme to help with financeCH: Car­o­lyn Corn­field Accom­mod­a­tion pro­viders Key com­munity orgsCNPA: Liz Henderson/​Pete Crane
4. Carry out a town health checkBadenoch Great Place Pro­ject: Oliv­er O’Grady
5. Provide a Tour­ist Inform­a­tion facilityCNPA: Pete Crane / Heath­er Trench
6. Open even­ing to pro­mote cul­tur­al her­it­age & walk around village
7. Flags for Kin­gussie at each entrance

THEME 2: Transport

AIMISSUES/OBSTACLES
Improve pub­lic trans­port links to enable work and fur­ther edu­ca­tion opportunitiesLoc­al evid­ence that poor trans­port provision/​links are pre­vent­ing young people from access­ing work and further/​higher edu­ca­tion opportunities.
ACTIONCOM­MUNITY ORGAN­ISA­TIONS & CON­TACTSAGEN­CIES INVOLVED & CONTACTS
1. Link in with the Badenoch & Strath­spey Trans­port groupKVCC: Moira SelvesterHos­pit­al Redesign Trans­port & Access Group: Richard Gillings
2. Explore BSCTC assist­ing with further/​higher edu­ca­tion travel to InvernessB&S Com­munity Trans­port Co: Mag­gie LawsonB&S Trans­port Group: Kar­en Derrick

THEME 3: Housing

AIMISSUES/OBSTACLES
To achieve more afford­able hous­ing for fam­il­ies and young people to enable them to remain in the loc­al area.23 new houses to be built in Spring 2019 (Albyn, HC & Mun­ro) Need for social / mid-mar­ket rent * Design — hous­ing needs to be appro­pri­ate and include pro­vi­sion for single people (few­er rooms but not smaller)
ACTIONCOM­MUNITY ORGAN­ISA­TIONS & CON­TACTSAGEN­CIES INVOLVED & CONTACTS
1. Organ­ise a com­munity meet­ing to explore the scope and appet­ite for a com­munity-led hous­ing schemeKVCC: Moira Selvester KCDC: Ian MoffettCNPA: Liz Henderson
2. Put KVCC in touch with Boat CC for mentoringKVCCHSCHT: Ron­nie Macrae/​Susan Hunter
3. Carry out a hous­ing needs assess­ment to determ­ine levels of hous­ing needKVCCLandown­ers
VABS: Kar­en Derrick
HSCHT: Susan Hunter

THEME 4: Flor­al hanging bas­kets on Kin­gussie High Street

AIMISSUES/OBSTACLES
Find a group who can take on the respons­ib­il­ity to pre­pare and man­age the hanging bas­kets on the High StreetWater­ing through­out summer
ACTIONCOM­MUNITY ORGAN­ISA­TIONS & CON­TACTSAGEN­CIES INVOLVED & CONTACTS
1. Estab­lish con­tact with KHS hor­ti­cul­ture group re pos­sib­il­ity of them tak­ing on this annu­al initiativeKHS: Ailith Stew­art KVCC: Janet Kin­naird Oth­er organ­isa­tions to explore: St Vin­cents Ther­apy Garden – Mary Stew­art Badenoch Garden­ing Club – Kin­gussie res­id­ent * Roots & Shoots — Rachel Avery Caber­feidh Hori­zons – Car­o­lyn Cornfield
2. Explore Tesco Bags for Help fundingVABS: Mairi Brown

THEME 5: Pump track / Bike skills park

AIMISSUES/OBSTACLES
Explore the feas­ib­il­ity of hav­ing a skate park or pump park in KingussiePump track equip­ment at KHS – who does it belong to? How can it be accessed, insur­ance etc Where is best place for a new pump track/​Skate park. What has already been explored? * Avail­ab­il­ity of land
ACTIONCOM­MUNITY ORGAN­ISA­TIONS & CON­TACTSAGEN­CIES INVOLVED & CONTACTS
1. Con­sult with young people to find out what they really want
2. John Robertson to con­tact Anna Chiesa & Bob Kin­naird re: feas­ib­il­ity of cre­at­ing a skate park in KingussieCycle Friendly Kin­gussie: Bob Kin­naird Eth­an & Anna Chiesa (son and mother)
3. Liaise with CFK, Bob Kin­naird on sev­er­al cyc­ling related issues: exist­ing equip­ment in school; CFK web­site & fin­ance updates on issues 6&7 below.

THEME 6: Improve cycle paths / footpaths

AIMISSUES/OBSTACLES
To ensure that paths in and around Kin­gussie are well used and maintainedLack of fund­ing Planning
ACTIONCOM­MUNITY ORGAN­ISA­TIONS & CON­TACTSAGEN­CIES INVOLVED & CONTACTS
Look at the net­work of paths in the town and sur­round­ing area to ensure phys­ic­al links and good signageKVCC: Moira SelvesterCNPA: Mike Den­nison Sus­trans: Anna ?
Devel­op a main­ten­ance sched­ule to ensure paths con­tin­ue to be well used

THEME 7: Con­ges­tion in the High Street

AIMISSUES/OBSTACLES
Improve traffic flow/​parking issues/​disabled park­ing spaces in the town to work bet­ter espe­cially on High StGet­ting bal­ance right for park­ing and speed­ing issues
ACTIONCOM­MUNITY ORGAN­ISA­TIONS & CON­TACTSAGEN­CIES INVOLVED & CONTACTS
1. KVCC to work with THC and Kin­gussie com­munity to try and resolve key issuesKVCC: Moira Selvester KBF: Lydie Bocquillon/​Stephanie WrightTHC: Richard Porteous

THEME 8: Com­munity Events

AIMISSUES/OBSTACLES
Put Kin­gussie back on the map with an annu­al large com­munity eventIdenti­fy­ing what kind of event Kin­gussie com­munity would like Dif­fi­culty recruit­ing volun­teers to organ­ise and host event * Sup­port from loc­al busi­nesses to help with fund­ing if necessary
ACTIONCOM­MUNITY ORGAN­ISA­TIONS & CON­TACTSAGEN­CIES INVOLVED & CONTACTS
Janet Kin­naird & John Robertson to explore some ideas with communityKVCC: Janet Kin­naird Kin­gussie Caman­achd Club: John Robertson

Pri­or­it­ies of the Kin­gussie community

Pri­or­it­ies of the Kin­gussie com­munity from the sur­vey responses and fol­low­ing dis­cus­sions at Kingussie’s Big Con­ver­sa­tion in June 2018

HIGH PRI­OR­IT­IES (in order of community’s agreed priorities)

  1. Improve­ments to regen­er­ate the High Street
  2. Improve pub­lic trans­port links to improve work and fur­ther edu­ca­tion opportunities
  3. Look into options re hous­ing issues
  4. Pump bike/​bike skills park
  5. Sup­port for isol­ated people in the town/​vicinity – shared space
  6. Improve cycle paths / footpaths
  7. Look at traffic flow/​parking issues/​disabled park­ing spaces in the town to work bet­ter espe­cially on High St
  8. Devel­op a camp­site for tents and tour­ing caravans
  9. Sup­port for small busi­ness start ups
  10. Put on more com­munity events (eg Little Town of Festivals)
  11. Regen­er­ate old museum site
  12. Improve dis­abled access on pavements
  13. All abil­it­ies path to Dell & Ruthven Bar­racks (link with Badenoch Way)
  14. Improve com­mu­nic­a­tion between com­munity groups
  15. Clubs for young­sters (par­tic­u­larly boys)
  16. Bet­ter engage­ment with pub­lic agencies/​large organisations
  17. More child­care facilities
  18. Intro­duce 20’s plenty in the town
  19. Make improve­ments at Glebe Pond
  20. Reduce num­ber of lor­ries on main road

MEDI­UM PRIORITIES

  • Start a film club
  • Refur­bish the com­munity noticeboard
  • Improve week­end activities/​opening times at Badenoch Centre

LOW PRI­OR­IT­IES

  • Improve sig­nage in the town
  • Improve the entrances to the town
  • Reduce man­oeuv­ring of school buses near school
  • Cut back over­growth on path under A9
  • Bottle bank in the middle of the town
  • Rerun the Lan­tern Parade event
  • Swim­ming pool for Badenoch
  • Reduce speed­ing on East Terrace
  • Reduce dog mess
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